Susanta Mandal: A Few Moments of Now and Then
© Susanta Mandal
Curatorial Statement
Multidisciplinary artist, Susanta Mandal’s process discovers an interesting route starting with deconstructing his memories and recontructing the same experiences with a very individually unique, sensitive and aesthetic sensibility.
His subconscious mind while growing up, enjoyed the game of constructing various paraphernalia with found and quotidian objects which eventually led him to practice the medium of visual art. Gradually he unfolded a deeper exploration, consciously realising his purpose to recreate the memories of significance into a tool for his present day storytelling.
The process of overlapping the stories with help of mechanism, video and photography amalgmates into interesting narratives. Evolving towards an interactive and performative experience this further captures the ephemeral participation of the viewer.
In the artists works, along with various materials and use of chiaroscuro, photography here plays a vital role, while the videos further enhance the true and life like experience of what the artist calls “ A vernacular storytelling and multiple dialogues”.
© Sandeep Biswas, 2021
© Susanta Mandal